DuPage Children's Museum names new leader

January 30, 2014

Sarah Orleans (DuPage Children's Museum, Handout)

The DuPage Children's Museum has tapped a former museum director from Oregon to be its next leader.

Sarah Orleans, who spent eight years as executive director of the Portland Children's Museum, will fill the shoes of President and CEO Sue Broad, who is retiring after 22 years at the helm of the Naperville museum.

Orleans' resume also includes co-founding the Garden State Discovery Museum in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where she spent a decade as director.

"We are fortunate to have attracted a children's museum executive the caliber of Sarah Orleans, who combines a deep passion for our mission of early learning for all children with a 20-year track record of successful organizational leadership," DuPage Children's Museum Board Chairman David Carpenter said in a news release.